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Kurdish fighters stand near burning tires at the entrance to the city of Tabqa in the northern Syrian Raqa province, on January 17, 2026. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
January 18, 2026, 6:53 am
Syrian army extends hold over north, capturing areas held by Kurds for over a decade
Clashes reported as government forces declare capture of Tabqa city; Kurds evacuate homes, say Friday’s formal recognition of minority didn’t go far enough
By Bakr Alkasem and Omar Haj Kadour
A Syrian rebel fighter fires a cannon amid clashes with government forces in the last major rebel bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria on February 6, 2020. (Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
February 7, 2020, 10:08 am
Syria regime seizes swathes of key town in Idlib offensive
Weeks of intensive aerial bombardment and a bruising ground offensive have emptied towns in the region, sending hundreds of thousands fleeing their homes
By Omar Haj Kadour and Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Syrians ride a motorcycle past a burnt vehicle near the site where a helicopter gunfire reportedly killed nine people, including Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, near the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha in the Idlib province along the border with Turkey, October 27, 2019. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
October 27, 2019, 5:50 pm
After Baghdadi raid, Syria villagers tell of quiet, secretive neighbor
Abu Ahmad says IS leader, killed in US raid, had claimed to be a merchant, left early every day and rebuffed all efforts to befriend him
By Omar Haj Kadour
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, October 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
October 27, 2019, 4:20 pm
Trump says Islamic State chief ‘died like a dog’
US president confirms Abu Bakr al-Bahgdadi detonated suicide vest during raid, killing himself and three of his children
By Sebastian Smith and Omar Haj Kadour
A man uses a pickaxe to dig a cave in the Syrian village of Kafr Ain in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province on September 15, 2018. (AFP /OMAR HAJ KADOUR)
September 17, 2018, 6:10 am
Fearing air assault, some in Idlib carve out shelter underground
Chipping away at rock to create subterranean havens, Syrians look to caves as last resort with major Russian-backed regime offensive closing in
By Omar Haj Kadour
A woman who fled her village in Syria's Idlib province carries a child at a camp in Kafr Lusin near the border with Turkey in the northern part of the province on September 9, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Aref Tammawi)
September 10, 2018, 8:06 pm
30,000 flee Syria’s Idlib region as UN fears century’s ‘worst’ crisis
Many locals head towards Turkish border as Assad’s troops step up bombardment of densely populated province
By Omar Haj Kadour
A member of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, watches as a convoy of buses gets ready to enter the towns of Fuaa and Kefraya to evacuate their residents on July 18, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR)
July 19, 2018, 5:08 am
Evacuations begin from besieged pro-regime Syria towns
Deal in north of country will allow thousands to leave after years of encirclement, in return for Assad freeing rebel prisoners
By Omar Haj Kadour
Syrian men gather in the rebel-held town of Saqba, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, during a demonstration against the Syrian regime, on December 30, 2016, on the first day of a nationwide truce. (AFP/Sameer Al-Doumy)
December 31, 2016, 7:54 am
Russia urges speedy UN resolution on Syria truce
Shaky ceasefire holds ahead of Astana peace negotiations aimed at supplementing international efforts
By Omar Haj Kadour and Layal Abou Rahal
Syrian Abu Khaled stands amid the rubble of his destroyed house in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, on December 30, 2016, on the first day of a nationwide truce. (AFP PHOTO/Abd Doumany)
December 30, 2016, 10:35 pm
Clashes erupt near Damascus, threatening fragile Syria truce
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports sporadic violence in Wadi Barada area; 4 million in capital without water
By Omar Haj Kadour and Layal Abou Rahal
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